Listening at the door. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Listening at the door.
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Anne Steele listens at the door while Lucy and Edward were discussing their engagement. Anne reiterates what he heard at the door to Elinor while on a walk in Hyde Park. Elinor wondered how she knew everything and asked if she was in the room while they discussed their plans. She said she was listening at the door and Elinor was appalled at the impropriety of this. This scene occurs in chapter 38. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Anne Steele wears a regency style dress with an empire waistline. The regency period dated to the early nineteenth century (1811-1820) when George, Prince of Wales, later George IV (r. 1820-1830), reigned as regent for his mentally ill father, King George III (r. 1760-1820). The regency period is associated with the rise of neoclassicism in art and fashion.
Image Creator: Hugh Thomson (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; pen and ink illustrations
Identifier: mta:25847
Language: eng
Source Name: Sense and Sensibility
Parent Collection: "Sense and Sensibility," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1896); "Sense and Sensibility," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1896)
Image: mta_25847_OBJ.png
Collection: Sense and Sensibility